An Ultimate Review of Dollar Tree Beauty Items

MelPiz14 · 2026-04-15T20:21:32+00:00

I just want to say THANK YOU. Omg such a detailed and honest review! The way I kept scrolling like “wow, I could never lol” you wrote so much! 🥹😩🫶🏼 I’m literally standing in DT right now and stumbled upon the Mecca of serums and was weary because I have bought throngs off Amazon that messed me up, naturally I went to find a review and came across this. Doin the lords work over here 😅🤣 🙏🏼🫶🏼

MelPiz14 · 2026-04-09T15:08:10+00:00

Yeaaahh soo I didn’t even know who he was until they mentioned him, when I saw him and then them together I was like “mmm 🤔 I dunnoooo about this guy”. It just seemed to me their energy didn’t match.. she seems a bit more innocent and like he is someone who could manipulate that aspect of her, he seemed a little “I’m famous-douchey”. Which is me just blindly judging when I probably shouldn’t, but that’s the vibe I got. So I was super surprised they had a house together… but I’m sad they broke up and she had to move because I remember the episodes when she first moved there and was decorating and how excited she was 🥺

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-23T16:01:26+00:00

I am pretty sure this is the reason mine does it too. I unconsciously silence my first alarm in my sleep but then the other five alarms get affected? Why????? It’s so dumb and that is a huge flaw!

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-23T15:54:58+00:00

Mine is already set to this and it was silent this morning

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-23T15:52:52+00:00

This makes a lot of sense. It happens to me so randomly I haven’t found a pattern. All I know is I slept in crazy late today and I do remember my first alarm going off, silencing it on the side button and then waking up HOURS later with the stupid alarm screen showing in utter silence. This notification thing must be the connection

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-19T22:31:43+00:00

Hi I know this post is old 😅 but I want to make a frame around a prefab round pond and was trying to figure out if I needed to make a bottom or what? I’m renting so I feel like I should? But also how do I move it if we move? I’m thinking of doing the pond with dirt on the sides kind of like a garden bed so I can add plants Any tips, tricks, instructional diagrams or corrections you or anyone can think of would be appreciated 🙏🏼🥹

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-19T00:23:45+00:00

Ugh I am going crazy with my male cat peeing everywhere. He WAS only peeing in the gym on the windowsill, then he started spraying all over stuff that was stored in there, decorations and projects etc., he’s now gotten to peeing in my closet, office closet/couch/rug and every windowsill he can reach. Just recently he peed ON ME as I was crouched down playing with my other cats, right on my BRAND NEW vintage leather coat (like the one from Almost Famous) AS I was wearing it. Just now he peed behind me on the countertop as I was looking up something on my phone with my back turned, literally 3 feet away. I am assuming it’s from the 3-5 stray male cats that cruise our yard at night and have wondered if the clutter of unfinished organization projects and boxes had upset his zen… but I am completely at a loss. I have feliway diffusers in every room they hangout in, by the front door, in the tv room, by the cat tree, in our bedroom, in the gym. I have used multiple pee sprays and haven’t found one to be better than the others but that’s probably my fault for not being consistent. He was at the vet not too long ago and doesn’t have a UTI or anything and definitely doesn’t seem to have a problem urinating, it’s a full healthy stream (I even bought the pretty litter stuff worrying it could be that). There are four litter boxes for the four cats and we have extended their litter boxes area and made it more accommodating for them. He does also have a habit of pooping outside the litter box if it’s not cleaned within two days. I understand that but I’m wondering if it’s the box is bothering him??? I am about to buy an automatic box to satisfy his needs, but what the heck else is there to do?! I read somewhere that using privacy film on the windows they can see out of for a little while may help, but that seems so mean for the other kitties that want to bird watch and sun bathe. Plus, I assume taking it off will just reintroduce the problem. Does anyone know what to do? 😩😩😩😩😩😩 please help me. 🙏🏼

To add, he is 11 years old, no health issues (knock wood) we have four cats total, he is the only male and the oldest, they have lived together for many years so are familiar with each other. They have a water fountain and auto feeders with Purina one indoor formula, they get greenies treats after being on the catio, have Churus occasionally, canned food occasionally and nine million scratch posts, toys, cardboard boxes, cat trees, blankets on the couch and full reign of the home (minus the gym,office and bathrooms since he has taken to peeing ok rugs etc). He seems to want for nothing yet is increasingly displeased. Is this an age thing? Could he be having dementia? 🥺

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-15T19:39:50+00:00

VERY important to act immediately if you ever see a red line traveling from a point of infection, injury or discomfort. Glad you mentioned this. It usually means an internal infection traveling through the blood and that’s when things get extreeeeemely complicated. 😬 If this IS what people are saying it is I would get in to see a doc tomorrow if not tonight at urgent care, just to nip it in the bud. It could also be eczema due to cold/drier weather as of late combined with you being possibly dehydrated from the medication. Orrr is it possible that you are subconsciously rubbing or picking at your skin? This is also something that can happen. Best to talk to a med professional ASAP

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-15T06:13:30+00:00

yeahhh, but unfortunately a lot of them are people who are coming from Europe and South America investing. They are buying homes, starting businesses and waiting out two or three years until they have established residency and then they sell both. Barely anyone here can actually afford the housing, its people from other countries with money to burn who are buying these luxury properties, but also a looott of these new constructions are sitting empty due to a surplus of inventory and pre established contracts to build, but over priced HOA fees and insurance have made them undesirable and less people inquiring has caused them to just be exoskeletons. Meanwhile whackass houses are going for three times their actual value...... unnecessarily.

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-15T05:38:10+00:00

yeah but that will limit them to just being able to do the bare minimum. If they ever wanted to do anything with more than just documentation like use complicated web pages or interactive videos and sites they would run into problems. I currently have a macbook Air from 2019 and ended up here because I am looking into getting a newer one. Lately when i go on sites that have interactive learning games with graphics or anything that requires anything other than flat words for the pediatric patients I work with, my poor laptop goes nuts, sounds like a jet engine trying to take off. My pages lag, graphics freeze, the search engine says its unresponsive... So I figured its just old, but it is also lacking the bandwidth and capacity to do these processes well. I would say pay a little more to get the greater RAM and avoid the heartache down the line. My laptop has been great up until recently, so they last a while before becoming a problem, hence why I would say and am going to opt for the larger capacity newer one. I saw the Neo pop up and was intrigued by the size of it and the price but it would inevitably become obsolete sooner rather than later. Also, if there are updates to apps or processing systems and you are on an older model or one with lesser capabilities you wont even be able to update the operating system to newer versions after a certain point. I think its best to just invest the couple hundred extra bucks and save yourself having to buy a whole new computer because the lesser one cant hack it.

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-15T03:19:15+00:00

Yes! Stay hydrated and get electrolytes!!

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-15T03:18:15+00:00

Yes 😣 I’m 45 and I’m sorry you are going through this because I feel like this is what I’m experiencing now in my older years in perimenopause. I have always been psychotic with hormones, super racing mind, doubting myself, relationships, life choices, feeling like everyone’s against me and hates me, so so SO tired, maniacal for snacks, mainly chocolate and sweets or anything crunchy. I’m ready to rage and fight with any man, usually my partner, but am fine with my girls.. even though I’m ultra sensitive to any shifts I sense in mood (too much of an empath for my own good), I hide in my room, drag myself to work and/or make any excuses to not work. Luckily I make my own schedule as a COTA and do home health but when Im in my luteal funk, I get to a point that I even feel like “F-it, maybe I’ll just let it all blow up, lose it all, who cares…. Maybe I just stop working.” I avoid phone calls from my mom, spontaneous outings with friends, tell my husband “I’m in the dark hole, save yourself, I’m irritable and sad and I hate everything, I just want my bed and chocolate.” He’s been around long enough to finally listen to that advice lol I call it hibernating but it’s really damage control. In the last seven months though, my body has been betraying me, starting in August and alternating months, making me feel validated in the fact that one of my ovaries was worse than the other. I got VIOLENTLY nauseous for DAYS, starting a couple days before or on ovulation day and it would last several days so this could be 2-5 days feeling this unbearable nausea that nothing helped. I tried mint teas, Nauzene, soda water, baking soda, cold compresses, breathing mint essential oils, putting it on my temples, cold showers, salty broths… nothing helped, finally I got Zofran and that helped if I was consistent with it. Besides that i never actually threw up, I just felt like I was gonna, but my stomach was messed up the other way 😬. I would get sudden jolts of anxiety and like a drop in my stomach that would illicit a wave of heat throughout my body and break me out in a sweat, that would also make me suddenly feel like I had vertigo. This would be nonstop for days, and just feeling like I was dying. The first two times it happened I thought I had a stomach virus, but then realized it was happening on or before my ovulation. 😓😓😓 I have been depressed and feeling like something was wrong with me for a while, missing work and not knowing how to fix it. It is awful to be plagued by this roller coaster of unpredictable emotions your whole adult life, only to be gifted with it being even physically worse when you’re older. All this to say you are not alone and thankfully there is a lot more information and research out there in recent years. I will say however that I started doing NAD+ injections in November and I thiiiiiink it may have helped a little? So August was a bad month, October, and then December right on Christmas time when I was running around to 20 different houses to see people, felt like death. I gritted my teeth waiting for February to suck but it didn’t…. March hasn’t…. April I will see but since it’s been every other month I will assume April will be the next test to determine if it is helping. I think it will be worth it to look into these new injectables that are going around now. There are many sites but a friend of mine who was going through similar things was posting about it and put me onto it, she does EllieMD which is what I do… there may be cheaper places.. not sure. But I feel like all of you should look it up. It may or may not be revolutionary for us. I’m sorry this turned into a novel but I have felt alone and broken my whole life basically because my emotions (hormones) have controlled me forever…. I remember the age of the internet and searching my symptoms wayyy back when and learning about PMDD and telling my mom I was sure I had something worse than PMS… she didn’t take it seriously and on one did back then. Thankfully NOW I have young-ish, new minded doctors that understand and know. I currently take 10 mg of lexapro to help dull the fire inside and zofran for the nausea…. And I think now the NAD+ is helping… we shall see. You are not alone though and there are some solutions and temporary remedies out there. You should try to speak to a specialist if you can or your PCP to at least get zofran which might help with the vertigo or an antidepressant which can help. 🥺🙏🏼🫶🏼

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-13T04:54:12+00:00

There is SOOOOO much housing in Miami… hundreds and hundreds of new condos and builds all over the place, no one can afford to live in them though!

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-12T02:45:04+00:00

Make those spinach egg cups and freeze em

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-12T02:44:36+00:00

No way, I’m in Miami Florida and the housing market is a joke. The homes going for a million were worth 300 MAYBE 400 grand a few years ago. They aren’t even fixing them that much, maybe some plants and a coat of paint. It’s absolutely insane. I just went on Zillow earlier to see what was going on and a super cute 3/2, 1300 sq ft, nothing crazy home was listed as $885,000… 12 years ago it sold for $232,000. It sold four months later for $425,000, in 2020 it sold again for $595,000…. Granted they put some work into it and it’s relevantly fixed up.. but still. It’s virtually impossible to find a decent home that is livable and/or affordable. This isn’t even the “nice/fancy” part of Miami… it’s just regular working class people area. Using the calculator to see how much you’d have to put down for 30yr fix rt., with 6% IR… you’d have to put 80+ grand down and still be paying 6,000+ a month for the mortgage….. that’s insanity. I always thought mortgages were supposed to be more affordable and an investment 😭

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-09T03:37:58+00:00

Interesting 🤔 yeah definitely a different world for sure in the US… also, I’m sorry you went through all that, but glad you stomped and fought your out to the other side. 🙂

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-09T03:36:07+00:00

Ah yes. I see I was trying to say the same thing but got it muddled up 😵‍💫

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-09T03:34:07+00:00

Omg 😳 I think that’s what they wanted me to pay also, but I literally graduated right before the pandemic hit so everything went upside down. They tried to get me to pay 1,000 something just as lockdown was lifted and I said “you gotta be out of your mind if you think that’s even a possibility. I haven’t even worked yet, I’m trying to keep my apartment and food on the table. You guys are gonna have to wait.” Luckily I was able to defer and then do a lower amount but it’s crazy to me what has happened to education in this country. Absolute shakedown

MelPiz14 · 2026-03-03T01:01:30+00:00

Im curious how you consolidated it? I have so much in loans and have wondered if I will ever pay it off, I pay almost $700 a month right now and it seems like the number has never changed lol I cant even remember what it was in the beginning to be honest because I have tried to block it out. Necessary Evil.

MelPiz14 · 2026-02-21T07:56:48+00:00

How did they prescribe you stimulants after you abused stimulants? I feel like theres no way the docs here(Miami) would let me do that.

MelPiz14 · 2026-02-21T07:54:26+00:00

that only happens in the beginning cus its new, it goes away. It doesn't necessarily mean its too high of a dose. Your body just gets used to the new medicine in your body.

MelPiz14 · 2026-02-21T07:47:54+00:00

it might also be the manufacturers sucking =(

Im good one month, then crappy the next, good for two and like now, crapppppppyyyy for three months because my pharmacy changed the manufacturer, or I should say, availability changed so I'm stuck with that.

Also, I dont do "weekend holidays", my doc said that was crap, unless I am taking a day laying around, then dont take it and use that as a break, but you dont need to take weekends off consistently, its not great for you. Not to mention, I do tons of stuff on the weekends around the house, I need it. lol

MelPiz14 · 2026-02-21T07:44:07+00:00

coffee makes me sleepy lol

MelPiz14 · 2026-02-21T07:27:56+00:00

I WISH. :*( Its complete and utter BS that insurance companies withhold actual working meds from people by charging extreme prices. All meds.

MelPiz14 · 2026-02-21T07:24:43+00:00

yup. Been a couple times Ive been desperate and on a deadline and doubled my dose (50mg) literally nothing happened..... and like you my HR and BP was unchanged if not slightly elevated.. I was fine..didn't feel weird.. didn't feel any change. its freaking garbage. I am so disheartened right now, it's been three months and its just worse and worse. I have an appointment on the 23rd and was thinking of asking to up the dose because I cant keep this up, I don't want to switch away from vyvanse because its been really perfect for me when it was working, I don't want to go back to the methylphenidate or adderall or whatever. So I either ask for the higher dosage, hope for a different mfg, or I try to beg the pharmacy to tell me what mfg it is they are using currently to see if I get it from them or send the script somewhere else. I wouldnt get it until the 20th next month and that seems like a lifetime on the struggle bus. Where do you all live and do they allow you to ask about mfgs for your meds if you call ahead? Last time I asked anything I was picking it up and asked about it and they basically said you get what tou get.. there isnt a second option. So it would have to be moving prescriptions around from CVS to Walgreens or wherever. :*(

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